Hadj Habib Derbouz Draoua (Arabic: حاج حبيب دربوز دراوة ; 1914 – 29 October 2008), commonly known as Habib Draoua and also called Hadj Draoua was a professional Algerian footballer who played as a midfielder. He was also a manager.[1]
 Habib Draoua in the 1970s | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hadj Habib Derbouz Draoua | ||
| Date of birth | 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Oran, Algeria | ||
| Date of death | 29 October 2008 (aged 93–94) | ||
| Place of death | Oran, Algeria | ||
| Position(s) | Midfield | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1934–1937 | USM Oran | – | (–) |
| 1937–1945 | Le Havre AC | – | (–) |
| 1945–1946 | ES Tunis | – | (–) |
| 1946–1950 | Stade Tunisien | – | (–) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1945–1946 | ES Tunis | ||
| 1946–1951 | Stade Tunisien | ||
| 1951–1957 | CS Hammam-Lif | ||
| 1957 | ALN | ||
| 1957–1960 | Tunisia | ||
| 1964–1965 | MC Oran | ||
| 1970–1971 | ASM Oran | ||
| 1982–1983 | MC Oran | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Life and career
editHabib Draoua was born in Mdina Jdida in the city of Oran in 1914. Very young, he joined USM Oran which was then the greatest Algerian Muslim club, where he did all his youth classes. He played his first senior match at the age of 20 in 1934. In 1937 he joined Le Havre AC, he remained in France until 1945 and the end of the Second World War. In 1945, he joined Tunisia as a coach-player at ES Tunis before being transferred to the CS Hammam Lif where he won two Tunisian Cups in 1951 and 1954. He stopped his football career in 1950, after winning two Tunisian championship titles in 1957 and in 1960 with the Stade Tunisien.
In 1957, he participated for the creation of the Algerian National Liberation Army football team (ALN Football Team) which resulted a year later in the creation of the FLN football team. He prepared tours, such as those of Syria, Iraq and Jordan.[2]
He was a national ma,ager of Tunisia national team from 1957 to 1960. He was thanked and honored in 1960 with a "Silver Medal" by the Tunisian Football Federation and the Ministry of Sports of Tunisia for the services rendered to Tunisian football. He returned to Algeria after independence in 1962, and coached the two greatest clubs of the city of Oran, MC Oran and ASM Oran during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Honours
editPlayer
edit- USM Oran
- Oran Championship: 1935
- North African Championship: Runners-up: 1935
- Le Havre AC
Coach
editCS Hammam-Lif
- Tunisian National Championship: 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956
- Tunisian Cup: 1951, 1954, 1955
Tunisia
- Pan Arab Games: Runners-up: 1957
Individual
edit- Silver Medal: by the FTF and the Ministry of Sports of Tunisia: 1960
References
edit- ^ "Draoua nous a quittés". El Watan (in French). R. S. 2 November 2008.
- ^ "Un seul but : l'indépendance de l'Algérie." El Watan (in French). 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
External links
edit- Player profile - leballonrond.fr